Endure Series - Week 3: Pain = Success

At The End Of Pain Is SUCCESS!

 

-Eric Thomas

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Pain = Success.

I can see your face right now as you read this title. How does pain = success?!? Most successful people have a painful story. Majority of them have a successful ending to their story. Pain doesn't just show up in our lives for no reason. It's a sign that something needs to change. Are you willing to make that change is the question. I said this in the previous blog Patience, life isn't peaches and roses all the time.

Tony Robbins said it best " The secret of success is learning how to use the pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you." Use the pain to push you towards greatness. Don't sit around waiting for a pity party. Pain is temporary, Success last forever!.

So don't run from it, embrace it. Pain and struggle are inevitable. In order to overcome it you have to know and understand and you are built for this. You will succeed if you just believe that you can. Just know that the pain you go through today will just make you stronger for tomorrow. Every challenge you go through is a learning opportunity. It's the experience that helps shape and define you.

So remember, the pain from regret last forever and is a hundred times worst then pain from the process. At the end of the process is feeling of victory and success.

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Endure Series - Week 2: Patience

To Lose Patience Is To Lose The Battle

 

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

 

 

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Patience.


This topic is probably one of the most difficult things for a person to do. Until this day I have trouble being patient. We all have lofty goals and big dreams. We live in a society where we want things right now. Instantaneous gratification is what people are looking for now a days. The thing we have to understand is that, things won't happen instantly and not everything last forever.

I'm not going to go into detail but I have had to endure a lot of pain in my life. Some big, some small but the biggest factor that helped me navigate through it all was my ability to be patient. To ENDURE and allow the healing process to take its course. I would remind myself everyday that "The rain doesn't last forever". Meaning the sun will come out eventually but until that time comes I will keep pushing, keep grinding and always move forward.

A lot of you who are reading this understand that life isn't always peaches and roses. Life will punch you right in the mouth and laugh as the blood drips from your lip. It is in those moments where you must take a step back, take a deep breath and understand that this is part of the process. Understand that this is just a moment in time that you will overcome, you will endure. Think about how far you have come. You are not the same person you were before. That did not happen over night. That happened from the will and determination to change and succeed.

I will leave you with this quote from Martin Luther King Jr. "Quietly Endure, Silently Suffer and Patiently Wait" The two people that we have quoted in this blog are two very great examples of those who had extreme patience. Their ability to be patient and understand what is at the end of the dark road help changed lives. So remember, Life doesn't get easier. You just get better at being able to handle it


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Endure Series - Week 1: Be Strong

You Are Strong Enough To Face It All,

Even If It Doesn't Feel Like It Right Now

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the May edition of the blog. This month's series is the Endure Series and this week's topic is Be Strong.


There are moments in your life that will hit you hard. It will seem like the storm will last forever. It will break you down and make you want to give up. I have been through this many times in my life and it doesn't get any easier. These are the moments where you have to be strong. You have to push through the pain to get to the other side. It's not easy and it never will be easy but the one thing you can't do is give up.

Anything worth doing or having is going to come with some adversity and hardship. Through those hardships you must sustain a straight up mindset and push. Keep pushing everyday even when you don't have anything left. When you get to that point you push a little more. These moments in life are what builds you and allows you to get to the next level. Without going through the tough times you will never know what you are truly capable of.

Also remember this, my dad used to tell me this all the time,  "You are always on parade". Meaning eyes are always on you. Someone is watching your every move for 1 of 2 things. They are watching you because they want to see you fail or someone is watching you because they look up to you. They want to see how you handle situations and mimic what you do. So you have to be strong even when you don't think you have the energy to be strong. Always remember this is way bigger than you. It has to be more than about you. When your why is strong then your ability to be strong during the tough moments are that much greater.

So remember when the storm hits, just be strong and push through. You will get to the other side and you will be stronger because of it. The storm doesn't last forever


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Legacy Series - Week 4: 30 Day Challenge

Legacy Series - Week 3: Break The Cycle

Be The Change You Wish To See In The World

-Gandhi

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the April edition of the blog. This month's series is the Legacy Series and this week's topic is Break The Cycle.


One of the key components of leaving a legacy is shedding the old and implementing something new and positive. We often get caught up in a bad wave or thoughts and ideas that have been passed down from generation to generation. We are misinformed or misguided when it comes to handling issues in life or how to pursue or maintain goals. If you are reading this right now then that means you have discovered and are aware of the issue and now want to make the change

Now breaking the cycle can come in many forms. It can be that you grew up in a family where a father figure is not present and you refuse to be an absent father in your child's life. Maybe your family lives in poverty and you want to provide a better life for them. Whatever that looks like for you, everyone's situation is different. In those situations you can either turn a blind eye and not do anything or you can be the reason that future generations will live a better life.

That is how legacies are created, that's how you pave the way for the future. When you see something and know it can be better you have to stand up and be that change. Think about all the historic heroes we have and the changes they made to make our lives a better one. If they didn't decide to take a stand and make a change, who knows how our lives would be.

Don't be afraid to be the change that is needed. Put forth the effort to not only improve your life but the lives of others. Whether that is in your immediate family or in the world. Just know that you can be the motivation and the spark that ignites people to shift the thoughts of people around the world and make it a better place for all.



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Legacy Series - Week 2: Choices

"Life Is The Sum Of All Your Choices"

-Albert Camus

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the April edition of the blog. This month's series is the Legacy Series and this week's topic is Choices.

In our previous topic Create Your Legacy we talked about leaving a legacy for your family and others to follow and build off of. Well in order to create your legacy you have to make the proper choices that lead up to that. We are all presented with choices at every juncture in our lives. Big or small each choice we make guides us down a path that leads us to another choice.

You cant escape it and you cant just ignore it. If you are not at the place you want to be in life, you can easily back track to each decision you have made in your life to determine where you went astray. Now remember, some choices are harder than others. In order to create the legacy you want you must make some hard decisions. Sacrifices must be made, but are you willing to make those sacrifices? See, these are the type of choices that need to be made. Are you going to lay in bed and watch TV or are you going to go to the gym and get your workout in so you can live a healthy lifestyle? That choice can in turn influence someone else to start working out and eating right.

Will you go out and party with your friends? Or will you stay home, put in the extra effort to study so you can pass your exams to graduate and get your degree? That can also influence someone to go back to school and finish their degree because they have seen you do it. You sparked a fire in them to complete that goal. We said it in the previous blog, it's the ripple effect that we are after. What you do and the choices you make not only effect you but it can influence others to make a change in their life for the better.

Not every choice you are presented with is a crossroads moment, but each decision big or small can change the trajectory of your life. It can open one door and close another. It can lead you to a dead-end or take you to the promise land. So be cognizant of the choices you make and be sure that helps and not hinders you from achieving your goals and creating the legacy you want to leave behind 

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Legacy Series - Week 1: Create Your Legacy

"You Get To Decide The Legacy That You Leave"

-Unknown

Welcome and thank you for returning to the Straight Up Mindset Blog. This is the March edition of the blog. This month's series is the Legacy Series and this week's topic is Create Your Legacy.

Legacy is something very important but yet very few put forth enough thought into it. Legacy is the lasting impact we make in the lives of others. Legacy is about life and living. It's about learning from the past, living in the present, and building for the future. What are you doing to build your legacy?

What are you contributing during your time on this earth that will help propel your family forward and upward? All the time I'm always trying to be aware of what I'm doing and how it can have a positive impact on those around me. My wife, my kids, family members and friends. It's one of the motivating factors as to why we started to do this blog. We wanted to contribute something to help make the world a better place. To help someone who might have lost hope and felt like it's not worth being here anymore. We do this in hopes that the person who is thinking and feeling that way will read the blog and have new found hope on life. 

That is why we do it. We understand that God has blessed us with a gift to help those who are in need. We do this in hopes that it will spark a fire in someone else to go out and begin their journey in helping others. The ripple affect is what we are looking for. Us doing this one thing will begin to spread and touch more and more people in a positive way. 

Leaving a legacy is an important part of your life’s work. A legacy develops from a life dedicated to self-reflection and purpose. So remember the work, time and effort you put in today will build your legacy for tomorrow. Continue to use your gift to help build others so they can use their gift and create their own legacy.


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